000 CDUS44 KLCH 111027 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 527 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 69 959 PM 91 1893 77 -8 82 MINIMUM 58 703 AM 34 1938 56 2 45 AVERAGE 64 67 -3 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.38 4.97 1955 0.16 2.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.68 1.52 1.16 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.28 6.03 -1.75 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 14.51 16.50 -1.99 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 2 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 52 21 31 2 SINCE MAR 1 137 170 -33 89 SINCE JUL 1 1351 1469 -118 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 28 1 77 SINCE MAR 1 143 76 67 171 SINCE JAN 1 173 93 80 197 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 64 1200 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 91 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 36 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 11 2007.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT APRIL 12 2007.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$